Gump"tion (?), n. [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS. geomian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.]
1.
Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.
[Colloq.]
One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated.
Lord Lytton.
2. Paint. (a)
The art of preparing colors.
Sir W. Scott.
(b)
Megilp
.
Fairholt.
© Webster 1913.